Someone tell me how to start getting together a resume but I only held 1 job and not for a very long time?

Question

What exactly does a resume consist of?

Answer 1

trust me i haven't worked a day in my life and i have a resume. A resume consists of your personal info eg. name age phone contact. you can list anything in your resume like places you have trained or u may have done some sort of volunteer work

Answer 2

It's not only work experience, but skills and education. List relevant classes, volunteer work, computer programs you know, or anything that might help you get the job. Dont' only list your duties, but also anything you learned from the job that might help you get a new one with the company you're applying for. (For example, if you were a cashier, you could say, "Learned to effectively resolve customer concerns" or "Acted as liason between customers and management.")

Answer 3

I artwork in HR, so i'm biased and anticipate the whole from my fellow HR experts. i imagine you need to be sure an appointment with HR, and enable him/her recognize that you delight in operating for the organization. tell him/her that you recognize issues are hard at present, yet you'll fairly prefer to proceed with such an staggering organization, regardless of if it meant operating in yet another means. the different difficulty to word is in case you'd be laid off, the HR human beings heavily isn't those to allow you to recognize. So i'd not recommend putting your HR rep prompt. impressive to have a intense element verbal substitute, and leave a sturdy impact. sturdy success!

Answer 4

Hi birdwings_65,

Since your resume is a summary of your skills and accomplishments that an employer uses to determine if you are suitable for an open position, think of it as an opportunity to highlight the aspects of your experience and personality that are most likely to get you hired.

Generally, it's best to keep your resume short and to the point. At 36 and with a multitude of jobs behind me, I still prefer a single page resume. You can go to two pages (one side) maximum, according to my father, who is a recruiter. Having had only one job, you won't have trouble with a concise resume... in fact, you may be worried that you don't have enough.

But there's more to the resume than an employment history. In one of many formats, you might start with personal information at the top... name, address, phone, email. The essentials. Then you could break the resume into sections, starting with an "Objective" near the top. The objective can be just a single sentence or fragment that gives the employer some idea what sort of employment you're looking for and why. "Seasoned journalist seeking career in the magazine industry." is one example.

Next, put something else you're good at that's a skill many employers would like to see. A "computer skills" section is great if you're good with computers; it gives you a chance to highlight useful skills and point out your breadth of knowledge. But it can be any skill set that's relative to the position.

You might then want a section highlighting education. Where did you get yours, when did you graduate, and what is the highest level of education? This can be as simple as listing your high school and the date your graduated if you haven't moved into higher education, but don't neglect other things you've learned that could be helpful. Did you graduate with honors? Write that down. Were you the captain of the pep squad? Write that down. Some things that may sound irrelevant at first... like the pep squad example... are actually great ways to highlight leadership and responsibility to a team. If your uncle runs a roadside stand and you helped him one summer, find a way to get that in the resume, too. Maybe something like: "Summer market - Training in retail sales."

Another section can be, "Accomplishments". Here you can write that you received various awards, if you have any. "2005 - Achievement in Art Award" or, "2006 - 2nd Place, Cross-County Science Fair", or whatever it is. Let the employer see you as a real person with a variety of accomplishments and life experiences that show you to be active, responsible, and hard-working.

Lastly, be sure to put "Employment History" on the resume. List the one job you had, and highlight the relevant parts. If you only worked for three months one summer as a dishwasher, that can still look good to a prospective employer. Be straight about it. List the restaurant, your manager, a phone number. List your duties, but include what you learned from those duties. "Duties included food preparation and kitchen cleaning" could be a way to say you peeled potatoes and washed dishes... it's perfectly honest, it just sounds better. "Learned to work on a tight schedule in a fast-paced environment." might wrap that up for you.

Don't forget other pseudo-jobs... just because you didn't fill out paperwork doesn't mean it wasn't a job. You can include dog-walking, babysitting, yard work... pretty much anything that helps the employer see you as a hard-working person. If you can include a name and number for the person you walked dogs for, so much the better.

If you can think of other things that ought to be on your resume, find a way to put them in! Have you done volunteer work, or spent years learning various skills as a camper at a summer camp? Were you a girl scout? An amateur DJ? You can put any of those things in the resume. Just remember to be concise and to stick to inclusions that are somehow relevant.

I'm guessing your employment history is short because you're young, but of course it could be for any number of reasons. Maybe you've been a full-time mother for many years. If so, you can definitely find a way to put that in your resume as well. In some industries, like child-care for instance, that could make a big difference. There are other industires where you might feel it would hurt your chances. It shouldn't, and if you can find a way to highlight what you learned from any experience, it can be there. But you'll have to decide what stays and what goes, and how best to say it. There is, however, plenty of help out there. Much of it is online.

Try looking at some online resumes. Put in some keywords like "template" and "resume" in a search engine; there are tons of them out there to look at. Modify one you like to suit you, and get it out there! Have fun with it, and best of luck to you.

Answer 5

Lie like h-ll about stuff you can fake. Get the job first,, they will train you anyway.